GEOG 140. Introduction to Environmental Studies

Instructions: Prepare written responses to the following questions:

1. What is known about greenhouse gases and global warming?
2. List, with brief explanations, at least 3 uncertainities or unknowns with respect to global warming.
3. Make two flow charts that show cause and effects of predicted consequences of global warming.
4. What are two arguments used to dismiss any concerns about global warming?
5. What are two arguments used to support concerns about global warming?
6. What are the three schools of thought concerning responses to predicted global warming? Which do you agree with? Why?
7. Why is there no enforceable international agreement to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases comparable to the Montreal Protocol for ozone? (The answer is not in the book; you need to draw your own conclusions on this one.)